Abstract 1959

IAN FAIRWEATHER (1891-1974)

Abstract 1959

synthetic polymer paint and gouache on newspaper
46.0 x 56.5 cm
signed lower left: I Fairweather

Provenance:
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Private collection, Adelaide
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
A Posthumous Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, Macquarie Galleries, 3 - 15 September 1975, cat.27
The Drawings of Ian Fairweather, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 21 June - 24 August 1997, and touring Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 October - 7 December 1997; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 7 February - 29 March 1998
Blue Chip XII: The Collectors' Exhibition, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 2 March - 1 April 2010, cat.33 (label attached verso)

Reference:
The Drawings of Ian Fairweather, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1997, p.57
Bail, M., Fairweather, second edition, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, p.256, cat.169 (illus. p.165, pl.141)
Blue Chip XII: The Collectors' Exhibition, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 2010, p.54, cat.33 (illus. p.41)

Estimate: $150000 - 180000